Letterpress Calendars

Challenge:
Design and print the months January and July for a yearlong calendar (8.5" x 5.5") that would be a collaboration between 10 letterpress printers, in an edition of 90 copies.

Solution:
I wanted my designs to be usable as calendars, reflect the season, and have an educational element. For July: The year 2010 was the year of the tiger in Chinese astrology, so I imagined a striped animal safari with tigers and zebras in their natural habitats.
Printed on an 1888 Old Reliable platen press.